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Strike is a revolutionary RTAS instrument plug-in that makes it easy to create, control, and produce professional drum performances in Pro Tools with uncanny realism. One part intelligent virtual drummer, one part professional drum module, Strike features a wide range of high-definition drum kits and style choices, and allows for unprecedented control over the virtual drummer’s performance.
Meet Your New Drummer
With Strike, getting the groove you want is as simple as choosing one of the high-definition kits and telling the “virtual” drummer how to play: Adjust the playing intensity, complexity, timing, groove, dynamics, and much more — all in real time. Use the automation features in Pro Tools to perfect all of your moves and get the perfect drum performance. Connect a MIDI controller — such as the M-Audio Axiom Pro — to tweak your performance on the fly using knobs, sliders, and drum pads.
Unbelievable Human Feel
Strike’s proprietary realtime performance engine eliminates the mechanized artifacts of typical sample-playback devices to deliver human results with unparalleled realism. Increase the playing intensity and you’ll get a smooth dynamic response in the drum tone instead of audible velocity switches. Change up the feel or complexity and get instant, natural-sounding results. With Strike, you can produce professional drum tracks that are simply not possible using conventional sampling technology.
Comprehensive Grooves
Strike comes loaded with twelve high-resolution drum kits, each containing 12 instruments with up to 300 individual samples per instrument for an incredible range of detail. Whether you compose soundtracks, pop tunes, or just need a drummer to jam along with on your guitar, Strike delivers totally human results with over 7,000 editable preset patterns in popular music styles. Strike also lets you create your own custom patterns with the onboard Style Editor, or by functioning as a drum module in Pro Tools software.
Mix It Up
To help you get the perfect drum sound, Strike includes a built-in mixing console for full control over every aspect of the kit. Change virtual microphone settings, such as room ambience and leakage, then take advantage of dedicated 3-band EQ and two insert effects per channel. The onboard effects range from dynamics and limiting to reverb and delay, plus specialized tools such as bit crusher and filter. The onboard mixer lets you easily adjust the overall level and panning for each drum, and route individual sounds to separate mixer channels in Pro Tools software.
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- Easily produce highly realistic drum and percussion performances right within Pro Tools software
- Full real-time control of the virtual drummer’s performance, including intensity, complexity, timing, groove, dynamics, and more
- Groundbreaking real-time performance engine allows for gradual drum performance dynamics adjustments without the typical machine gun effect or audible velocity layer switching
- Newly enhanced Style editor features a redesigned interface, making it faster and easier to edit drum performances
- Choose from 12 high-definition drum kits, each featuring up to 12 instruments per kit and up to 300 samples per instrument
- Gain incredible versatility with 30 GB of high-quality content, featuring over 10 GB of new drum and percussion sounds — including cowbell — all stored in just 5.6 GB of space via proprietary lossless compression
- Easily produce professional, highly realistic drum performances right within Pro Tools software
- Full, real-time control of the virtual drummer’s performance, including intensity, complexity, timing, groove, dynamics, and much more
- Groundbreaking realtime performance engine allows for gradually adjusting the dynamics of a drum performance without the typical machine gun effect or audible velocity layer switching
- Choose from twelve high-definition drum kits, each featuring up to 12 instruments per kit and up to 300 samples per instrument
- Includes over 30 GB of 24-bit audio stored in just 5.6 GB of space via proprietary lossless compression
- New sample import lets you work with WAV and AIFF files from your own sample libraries
- Over 1,500 editable preset drum patterns/performances covering dozens of musical styles and song section structures
- Enhanced Style editor, with redesigned interface for faster, easier editing
- Intelligently mapped drum patterns and sounds allow for fast, interactive real-time arrangement and composition of drum parts
- Doubles as a powerful MIDI drum module for use with your own drum patterns and sequences
- Built-in virtual mixing console for full control over drum kit sound, including room ambience, microphone levels/leakage, EQ, dynamics, and more
- Dedicated EQ and two insert effects processors per channel including compressor, limiter, tube saturation, distortion, bit crusher, filter, ring modulator, delay, reverb, phaser, chorus, and more
- Support for multichannel plug-in output for discrete routing and mixing of each drum kit component independently in the Pro Tools mixer
- Improved MIDI features provide easier handling and better efficiency
- MIDI Learn functionality allows for easily mapping plug-in parameters to MIDI instruments for hands-on control
- Full support for Pro Tools automation and control via Avid control surfaces and ICON integrated consoles
- Highly optimized RTAS instrument for Pro Tools
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- Mac
- Qualified Intel-based Mac running Mac OS X 10.5, 10.6, 10.7, or 10.8
- Win
- Qualified Windows XP, Windows Vista, or Windows 7 computer
- 1 GB RAM (2 GB RAM highly recommended)
- Pro Tools-HD, Pro Tools LE, or Pro Tools M-Powered system running Pro Tools 8.0 or higher software
- Maximum Supported Sample Rate: 192 kHz
- iLok USB Smart Key (plus internet access and a free iLok.com account for authorization)
- Mac
Strike
The Ultimate Virtual Drummer Instrument for Pro Tools
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Overview
Strike is a revolutionary RTAS instrument plug-in that makes it easy to create, control, and produce professional drum performances in Pro Tools with uncanny realism. One part intelligent virtual drummer, one part professional drum module, Strike features a wide range of high-definition drum kits and style choices, and allows for unprecedented control over the virtual drummer’s performance.
Meet Your New Drummer
With Strike, getting the groove you want is as simple as choosing one of the high-definition kits and telling the “virtual” drummer how to play: Adjust the playing intensity, complexity, timing, groove, dynamics, and much more — all in real time. Use the automation features in Pro Tools to perfect all of your moves and get the perfect drum performance. Connect a MIDI controller — such as the M-Audio Axiom Pro — to tweak your performance on the fly using knobs, sliders, and drum pads.
Unbelievable Human Feel
Strike’s proprietary realtime performance engine eliminates the mechanized artifacts of typical sample-playback devices to deliver human results with unparalleled realism. Increase the playing intensity and you’ll get a smooth dynamic response in the drum tone instead of audible velocity switches. Change up the feel or complexity and get instant, natural-sounding results. With Strike, you can produce professional drum tracks that are simply not possible using conventional sampling technology.
Comprehensive Grooves
Strike comes loaded with twelve high-resolution drum kits, each containing 12 instruments with up to 300 individual samples per instrument for an incredible range of detail. Whether you compose soundtracks, pop tunes, or just need a drummer to jam along with on your guitar, Strike delivers totally human results with over 7,000 editable preset patterns in popular music styles. Strike also lets you create your own custom patterns with the onboard Style Editor, or by functioning as a drum module in Pro Tools software.
Mix It Up
To help you get the perfect drum sound, Strike includes a built-in mixing console for full control over every aspect of the kit. Change virtual microphone settings, such as room ambience and leakage, then take advantage of dedicated 3-band EQ and two insert effects per channel. The onboard effects range from dynamics and limiting to reverb and delay, plus specialized tools such as bit crusher and filter. The onboard mixer lets you easily adjust the overall level and panning for each drum, and route individual sounds to separate mixer channels in Pro Tools software.
Features
- Easily produce highly realistic drum and percussion performances right within Pro Tools software
- Full real-time control of the virtual drummer’s performance, including intensity, complexity, timing, groove, dynamics, and more
- Groundbreaking real-time performance engine allows for gradual drum performance dynamics adjustments without the typical machine gun effect or audible velocity layer switching
- Newly enhanced Style editor features a redesigned interface, making it faster and easier to edit drum performances
- Choose from 12 high-definition drum kits, each featuring up to 12 instruments per kit and up to 300 samples per instrument
- Gain incredible versatility with 30 GB of high-quality content, featuring over 10 GB of new drum and percussion sounds — including cowbell — all stored in just 5.6 GB of space via proprietary lossless compression
- Easily produce professional, highly realistic drum performances right within Pro Tools software
- Full, real-time control of the virtual drummer’s performance, including intensity, complexity, timing, groove, dynamics, and much more
- Groundbreaking realtime performance engine allows for gradually adjusting the dynamics of a drum performance without the typical machine gun effect or audible velocity layer switching
- Choose from twelve high-definition drum kits, each featuring up to 12 instruments per kit and up to 300 samples per instrument
- Includes over 30 GB of 24-bit audio stored in just 5.6 GB of space via proprietary lossless compression
- New sample import lets you work with WAV and AIFF files from your own sample libraries
- Over 1,500 editable preset drum patterns/performances covering dozens of musical styles and song section structures
- Enhanced Style editor, with redesigned interface for faster, easier editing
- Intelligently mapped drum patterns and sounds allow for fast, interactive real-time arrangement and composition of drum parts
- Doubles as a powerful MIDI drum module for use with your own drum patterns and sequences
- Built-in virtual mixing console for full control over drum kit sound, including room ambience, microphone levels/leakage, EQ, dynamics, and more
- Dedicated EQ and two insert effects processors per channel including compressor, limiter, tube saturation, distortion, bit crusher, filter, ring modulator, delay, reverb, phaser, chorus, and more
- Support for multichannel plug-in output for discrete routing and mixing of each drum kit component independently in the Pro Tools mixer
- Improved MIDI features provide easier handling and better efficiency
- MIDI Learn functionality allows for easily mapping plug-in parameters to MIDI instruments for hands-on control
- Full support for Pro Tools automation and control via Avid control surfaces and ICON integrated consoles
- Highly optimized RTAS instrument for Pro Tools
System Requirements
- Mac
- Qualified Intel-based Mac running Mac OS X 10.5, 10.6, 10.7, or 10.8
- Win
- Qualified Windows XP, Windows Vista, or Windows 7 computer
- 1 GB RAM (2 GB RAM highly recommended)
- Pro Tools-HD, Pro Tools LE, or Pro Tools M-Powered system running Pro Tools 8.0 or higher software
- Maximum Supported Sample Rate: 192 kHz
- iLok USB Smart Key (plus internet access and a free iLok.com account for authorization)
Documents
- Strike 1.0.4 Update Release Notes (PDF)
- Pro Tools Instrument Expansion Pack User Guide
- Pro Tools Instrument Expansion Pack Datasheet
- Strike Plug-in Guide v8.0 (PDF)
- Strike 1.0.2 Read Me (PDF)
- Strike Read Me & Overview v1.0 (PDF)
- Strike 1.0.1cs2 Read Me (PDF)
- Strike 1.0.1cs2 Read Me (PDF)
- Strike Plug-In Guide v1.0.1 (PDF)
- Strike Plug-In Guide v1.0 (PDF) - Japanese
Downloads
- Strike 1.0.4 Update (Windows) for Pro Tools 7.x-8.x
- Strike 1.0.2 Updater (Mac OS X Leopard) for Pro Tools 7.4.2-8.0.3
- Strike 1.0.3 Updater (Mac OS X Snow Leopard)
- Strike 1.0.1cs2 Update (Mac OS X Tiger) for Pro Tools 7.0-7.4
- Strike 1.0.1cs2 Update (Windows)
- Strike 1.5.1 Updater (OSX)
- Strike 1.5.1 Updater (Windows)
